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<p>[QUOTE="JewelryPicker, post: 9464026, member: 20513"]Wait a second……”Successor to The Thomae Co” ….Hmmm</p><p><br /></p><p>I happen to have a piece by Charles Thomae, who made pieces for both Tiffany & Cartier prior to the collaborative company The Thomae Co, which (now I find) included Briggs, Briggs and Watson as company officers. The mark shown (for Charles Thomae) on my trinket box was used from 1921 until 1931 when….. Watson & Briggs Co was incorporated </p><p><br /></p><p>Funny, how I have 2 items in my possession at the same time with connected histories that date to 90-100+ years ago</p><p><br /></p><p>This same identical trinket box was also made for Tiffany, the only difference was the Tiffany signature in addition to the Charles Thomae sig shown on mine</p><p>[ATTACH=full]440968[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]440969[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]440970[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]440971[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JewelryPicker, post: 9464026, member: 20513"]Wait a second……”Successor to The Thomae Co” ….Hmmm I happen to have a piece by Charles Thomae, who made pieces for both Tiffany & Cartier prior to the collaborative company The Thomae Co, which (now I find) included Briggs, Briggs and Watson as company officers. The mark shown (for Charles Thomae) on my trinket box was used from 1921 until 1931 when….. Watson & Briggs Co was incorporated Funny, how I have 2 items in my possession at the same time with connected histories that date to 90-100+ years ago This same identical trinket box was also made for Tiffany, the only difference was the Tiffany signature in addition to the Charles Thomae sig shown on mine [ATTACH=full]440968[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]440969[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]440970[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]440971[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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